Example sentences of "raised [prep] [art] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 When the banner of religion is raised as a banner of politics , blood will flow , just as it has done in Belfast , Beirut and Colombo .
2 This is by no means the first time that national security has been raised as a defence in legal proceedings against the Crown .
3 The Inter-Departmental Account was raised as a result of expenditure incurred in respect of this Authority purchasing bulk supplies of National Joint Council Circulars .
4 The output of all islands is raised as a result of what is believed ( mistakenly ) on each island to be a favourable shift in the pattern of demand in their direction .
5 Fears have been raised about a reduction in manpower , and we should like to explore the matter further .
6 The questions already raised about the possibility of conflicts of interest between health and social services ( for example , will people on care programmes have access to local authority resources for residential care ? ) illustrate the even greater complexity of distinguishing between health and social care in mental health and the desirability of finding a global way of dealing with the details of packaging multidisciplinary care .
7 Questions are sometimes raised about the fairness of procedures adopted by experts .
8 However , with changing attitudes in society , questions are being raised about the morality of denying girls the opportunity to sing in a cathedral choir .
9 Electronic systems have long been used for data , but as increasing volumes of information and records are also created and stored electronically issues are raised about the management of this information .
10 Electronic systems have long been used for data , but as increasing volumes of information and records are also created and stored electronically issues are raised about the management of this information .
11 Doubts were raised about the claims of ex-banker Cyril Reenan that he was able to monitor a lovey-dovey conversation between a mystery woman , said to be Princess Diana , and an unidentified man for a total of 23 minutes .
12 Doubts have already been raised about the cost of the proposals , about possible legal difficulties and about shareholders ' willingness to play the role assigned to them by the APB .
13 From outside social work doubts were increasingly raised about the adequacies of that profession , particularly in the face of a growing number of child abuse ‘ scandals ’ .
14 When the BAe/Rover deal was first announced , surprise was expressed and questions were raised about the reasons for BAe 's interest in Rover .
15 Confidentiality — Fears were raised about the confidentiality of the data collected .
16 During the takeover battle , questions were raised about the desirability of allowing a foreign airline to bid for a British airline , providing access to Britain 's second largest ‘ hub ’ .
17 In the past , questions have been raised about the publication of financial reports and the accountability of the UKCC for its use of funds to those who supply them .
18 Questions were also raised about the importance of the size of firm as a determinant of industrial performance .
19 The school does need to be seen to be taking a sensible and fairly consistent line or doubts will be raised about the strength of school management and accusations of double standards will fly .
20 What is interesting about them is that while the development corporations acquired powers that gave them a great deal of autonomy within their own territories , there is today a variety of questions to be raised about the extent to which their ‘ success ’ was secured at the expense of other policies to which they ‘ ought ’ to have related .
21 While there is sufficient evidence of protection of prisoners within the prison system itself , questions must be raised about the use of pre-trial detention .
22 This is not the place to embark upon detailed discussion of possible schemes for grading sexual assaults , but questions have been raised about the exclusion from the English offence of rape of oral and anal intercourse and penetration of the vagina by other objects .
23 However , I shall study the issue that the hon. Gentleman has raised about the length of time it takes for the grant to get to the applicant and then back to the contractor .
24 Concerns are frequently raised about the accuracy of reports given by drivers and other witnesses to accidents ( e.g. Hakkert & Hauer , 1988 ; West , Elander & French , 1991 ) .
25 From the outset of the December revolution questions were raised about the background of the personalities who assumed power .
26 Further doubts have been raised about the future of the THORP reprocessing plant at Sellafield by the Japanese authorities ' decision to abandon plutonium transports by sea [ see above ] and to scale down their nuclear-energy programme .
27 Questions were raised about the power of a shadowy ‘ Government-and-church Council ’ , headed by Mr Mazowiecki and leading members of the episcopate , which had considerable influence over many government decisions .
28 Concern has been raised about the costs of regulation .
29 It also follows up , in the same way , cases identified through the press or public comment where questions are raised about the adequacy of a firm 's audit procedures .
30 Many more questions have been raised about the adequacy of such historical antecedents , but in a sense it is more pertinent to ask how such ideas and practices have survived the rapid changes that went with the industrialization of Japan after the 1870s .
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